14 July 2020 Makin Island Sailor named NC of the Year A USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Sailor was selected as the 2019 Pacific Fleet Navy Career Counselor of the Year award...
14 July 2020 Makin Island Wins Green H Award The USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Medical Department earned the annual health promotion and wellness award "Green H" for the 11th consecutive time...
14 July 2020 Makin Island Sailor Selected as Navy's Top Aviation Boatswain's Mate A USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Sailor was selected as the Navy's 2019 Aviation Boatswain's Mate of the Year...
14 July 2020 USS Makin Island Changes Command USS Makin Island (LHD 8) changed commands during a short ceremony aboard the ship June 12. U.S. Navy Capt. Tom Ulmer assumed command of the amphibious assault ship from Capt. Chris "Woody" Westphal...
14 July 2020 IWTC Virginia Beach Sailors Train in a Unique Manner While many of the Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Virginia Beach staff and students are generally indoors behind computer monitors as they learn their roles and responsibilities as information warfare professionals, 27 students and seven staff members recently conducted training...
13 July 2020 Military Medicine Joining Forces to Fight COVID-19 All Around the World Navy Medicine's research enterprise is supporting the military's COVID-19 response efforts by leveraging medical and scientific capabilities for everything from outbreak response and now, by deploying a senior clinical research medical officer to the U.S. Forces Japan Surgeon Cell...
13 July 2020 NAVFAC Pacific Awards $99 Million Architect-Engineering Services Contract Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $99 million contract July 9 to MNDPI Pacific JV, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for architect-engineer services at various locations within the NAVFAC Pacific area of operations...
13 July 2020 NAVFAC Pacific Awards $100 Million Contract for Infrastructure Development Work in the Pacific NAVFAC Pacific awarded today a $100 million architect-engineer contract to ASMD LLC, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for design and engineering services for the development of infrastructure and facilities at various locations within the NAVFAC Pacific area of operations...
11 July 2020 Air Detachment Brings Extended Combat Capability to Rotationally Deployed LCS HSC-23 Air Detachment 8 aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) is an integral part of crew complement, delivering situational awareness and combat capability well beyond ship-based sensors during their rotational deployment to the Indo-Pacific region...
11 July 2020 USS Detroit Completes Historic Counter-Narcotics Deployment The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) returned to Mayport, Fla., July 11, following its maiden deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations...